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In The Climate Technology Progress Report 2023
Author:
Marie Blanche
Ting
Hendrik
Larsen
Lucas
Somavilla
Pakarnas
Thinphanga
Understanding institutional settings and governance processes is critical to the effective delivery of climate technology solutions for low-carbon and climate-resilient development in Asian cities. Creating the appropriate enabling environment for the development and transfer of climate technologies becomes imperative in this context. This requires...
Report Chapter
In Global Environment Outlook - GEO-6: Healthy Planet, Healthy People
Author:
Klaus
Jacob
Pedro
Feldman
Leandra Regina
Gonçalves
James
Hollway
Sebastian
Sewerin
He
Chenmin
The importance of good policy design cannot be overstressed. Some common elements are: i. setting a long-term vision and avoiding crisis-mode policy decisions, through inclusive, participatory design processes; ii. establishing a baseline, quantified targets and milestones; iii. conducting ex ante and ex post cost–benefit or costeffectiveness...
Non Peer-reviewed Article
In 月刊「地方議会人」
 2021年4月22日、バイデン大統領がホストした気候サミットで菅総理は「2030年度において、温室効果ガスを2013年度から46%削減することを目指します。さらに、50%の高みに向け、挑戦を続けてまいります」と表明した。そのほか、米国2030年50~52%(以前は26~28)、英国78%(68%)、カナダ40~45(30%)と目標値の引き上げが宣言された。その直前の4月16日に、ワシントンDCで行われた日米首脳会談では、米国から2030年50%削減を強く迫られたと聞く。  ここ一年の日本における脱炭素への、目まぐるしい動きの背景は何だろうか。次の3点を指摘したい。1つ目は、身近に迫ってきた気候変動の影響である。2つ目は、省エネ・再エネ技術の進展とコストの低減である...
Non Peer-reviewed Article
In 神戸法學雑誌
脱炭素社会の構築には温室効果ガスの排出量を実質的にゼロとしなければならず、それは社会全体の構造的変革を視野に入れた課題であり、社会的な合意形成と政治的な意思決定を必要とする。その実現には将来の社会を担う若者の意見を考慮することが必須であるが、それを集約し、統合したメッセージとして社会や行政機関等に発信することは容易ではない。本稿では、こうした困難の背景を分析するとともに、実際に脱炭素社会の構築に向けた講義シリーズを大学で開講し、受講者とともにメッセージをとりまとめ、それを発信するに至った取組を振り返り、それを効果的に進めるための方策について考察する。
Non Peer-reviewed Article
In The Young Leaders in Sustainable Transport
This report was produced by Hirotaka Koike, a participant of the Young Leaders in Sustainable Transport in 2019. Advocacy must help convince key players, such as development agencies, NGOs, all levels of government, and the private sector, that sustainable transport has the true potential to change the current development trajectory. However, a...
Conference Paper
Compressed air systems account for 5-35% of electricity use among the Indian manufacturing sector. It shares a significant portion of the production cost, but its energy-efficiency measures are not widely applied in India yet. From 2011-18, the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)...
Non Peer-reviewed Article
In URBANET
The significance of environmentally sound waste management for achieving sustainable consumption and production as well as a pollution free planet was one of the key priorities discussed at the recently concluded United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA4) in Nairobi. Recognising the co-benefits of sustainable waste management to meet the...
Conference Paper
23rd International Input-Output Conference, 22-26 June 2015, Mexico City
Author:
The Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development has identified green economy as one of the important tools for achieving sustainable development, which can provide a significant opportunity to the shift to a new global economic paradigm. Mobilising investments at the economy-wide level towards green sectors and to the greening of...
Non Peer-reviewed Article
This commentary analysed UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon's draft Synthesis Report on the Post-2015 Development Agenda. The report, announced on 4 December, sets the stage for the upcoming negotiations leading up to the Summit for the adoption of the post-2015 Development Agenda in September 2015.